Summary

Summary 1. A summary is a clear concise orderly retelling of the contents of a text and is ordinarily about 1/3 or 1/4 as long as the original. To make a summary you should: a) write out clearly in your own words the main points of the text, subordinating or eliminating minor points; b) preserve the proportion of the original; c) change direct narration to indirect, use words instead of word combinations and word combinations instead of sentences; d) omit figures of speech, repetitions and most examples; e) use proper names instead of personal pronouns; f) don’t introduce any extra material by way of opinion, interpretation or appreciation. 2. Words and phrases suitable for a summary: a) At the beginning of the story the author describes (depicts, dwells on, touches upon, explains, introduces, mentions, recalls, characterizes, criticizes, analyses, comments on, enumerates, points out, generalizes, makes a few critical remarks, reveals, exposes, accuses, blames, condemns, mocks at, ridicules, praises, sympathizes with, gives a summary of, gives his account of, makes an excursus into, digresses from the subject to describe the scenery, etc.); b) The story (the author) begins with a/the description of (the mention of, the analysis of, a/the comment on, a review of, an accounts of, a summary of, the characterization of, his opinion of, his recollection of, the enumeration of, the criticism of, some/a few critical remarks about, the accusation of, the/his praises of, the ridicule of, the generalization of, an excursus into, etc.); c) The story opens with… The scene is laid in… The opening scene shows… We first meet him (her) as a student of… (a girl of 15) d) Then (after that, further, further on, next) the author passes on to say that… (goes on to say that…, gives a detailed description (analysis) of…,…...

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...SUMMARY
Writing a summary means presenting the main ideas or facts in a logical and structured sequence in your own words using signposting language
1) Mention the source and the author (if it applies)
The article/ video was originally published in...
It is written by...
The author of the article is...
The article comes from the website
2) State the main question or problem the article deals with
The article/ video is devoted to the question of ...
The article/ video deals with the problem of..
We learn about ............in this article
As the headline implies, the article/video focuses on ...
3) Step by step, follow through some main ideas, arguments or the development of the question in the article
First, the author says..
In the introductory part of the article, the author touches upon..
The article opens up with
Then he states/describes/explains/comments on/touches upon/introduces..
The author goes on telling about
In addition, we learn ..
The author goes on to tell
The author passes on
Further on/ after that/ next, he makes a comment on ..
The article also provides information on
It gives interesting facts/ valuable data on ..
The author draws the reader’s attention to ...
He emphasizes the significance of ..
The article might be of interest to ..
Finally, the author points out/ stresses ....
On the one hand,
On the other hand,
There is also an opinion
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Company Background………………………………………………3
Vision………………………………………………………………..4
Value Statements……………………………………………………5
Mission Statement…………………………………………………..7
Generic Strategy…………………………………………………….7
Grand Strategies…………………………………………………….7
Long Term Objectives………………………………………………8
Shot Term Objectives……………………………………………...10
Contingency Plans…………………………………………………10
Critical to Success Factors…………………………………………11
Environmental Scan and Summary………………………………..12
Internal Analysis…………………………………………………...13
External Analysis…………………………………………………..14
Value Chain Analysis……………………………………………...16
SWOT Analysis……………………………………………………20
Resource Based Analysis…………………………………………..21
PEST Analysis……………………………………………………..22
Conclusion…………………………………………………………25
List of Appendixes………………………………………………...26
References…………………………………………………………27
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Summary |
“Farm Girl” |
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Alli Brown |
4/19/2012 |
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This is a summary of Jessica Hemauer’s “Farm Girl.” This was a narrative essay where the writer, Jessica Hemauer, talks about her childhood growing up on a farm. I believe that the audience for this essay was more than likely a teacher or professor. The tone was not set for the essay as a whole. Depending on the part you were reading in the essay, the tone goes through many different emotions from angry to respectful and patient to sad and depressed then to happy.
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